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Alien Species

by Matt Zinno

Each small image depicts an alien species from the Star Trek universe. The species in each larger picture are:

CAITIAN
KOBALI
NAUSICAAN
DOPTERIAN
VENTU

MARKALIAN
HEKARAN
MIZARIAN
TALOSIAN
IMHOTEP
ANKARI

REMAN
DELTAN
B
'OMAR
DOSI

SULIBAN
CHALNOTH
J
'NAII
CAIRN
LURIAN
BENZITE

IYAARIAN
ANTEDEAN
T
'LANI
PENDARI

BOSLIC
DRAYAN
NUU
'BARI
SHELIAK
RIGELIAN

YRIDIAN
ATREAN
KRESSARI
KESPRYTT
OCAMPA
VIDIIAN  

The diagonals spell out individuals from Star Trek:

COUTU
MEZOTI
REMI
SHARAT
INAD 
BRULL
YTEPPA 

Once again, identify the species ...

PARADAN
NORCADIAN
BRUNALI
KELLERUN
ULLIA
ACAMARIAN
KOBLIAD 

... and the diagonal spells out the answer: POULARD, a kind of young hen ("A little bird...").